Regent Parrot

Gallery: AvianPosted August 4, 2011166 views16 comments

One of my favourite Australian birds. The sight of a flock of these flying through the gum trees; bright yellow with long black tails and black flight feathers is breathtaking.

1d2n 500/f4 1.4X
ISO 800 f9 1/250 exp comp -1/3 heavy overcast

cheers
Rob

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Adam Seward on August 4, 2011 at 7:54 AM

You do seem to have more than your fair share of spectacular birds in Australia! This is a very nice shot. DOF looks spot on. It would be good to see how the bird's colours look in warmer early/late light.

Registered on October 18, 2007, 6 Posts, 14 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 4, 2011 at 9:47 AM

Excellent pose and composition, Rob, and a great job on the exposure.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Rajan Desai on August 4, 2011 at 11:00 AM

This is really beautiful photo. Love the placement of the bird, composition and the BG. Congrats.

Registered on March 25, 2005, 32 Posts, 395 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on August 4, 2011 at 2:38 PM

A very clean and well executed image. The muted BKG really off-sets the bright colour of the bird perfectly. Looks like a good RoT's for composition too. A cracking image.

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on August 4, 2011 at 2:45 PM

Love the soft light in this Rob, the pose, perch and techs. A lovely image

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on August 4, 2011 at 4:10 PM

Rob i bet its good to see a flock of these super birds,this is a beautiful clean sharp image.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Verdon on August 4, 2011 at 4:54 PM

I found that is better to take a shot in heavy overcast when you capturing "bright fellas" , love the pose, BG and overall quality, thank you for sharing

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on August 4, 2011 at 5:25 PM

Rob, very nice pose and excellent soft light. Well done!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 4, 2011 at 6:57 PM

Nice composition and excellent exposure on those difficult yellows.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on August 4, 2011 at 8:24 PM

Excellent Rob. Not much to say really. (We had a budgie like that !!

)
John

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 4, 2011 at 11:07 PM

Great pose, brilliant colours, and another look at the gorgeous birds "down under".
I'm VERY envious of the wide array of Australian birds..
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on August 4, 2011 at 11:39 PM

Beautiful subject Rob, easy to understand why it's one of your favourites :^) Nice to see some detail in the yellow plumage and of course the background sets the subject off perfectly.

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Lennart Augustsson on August 5, 2011 at 12:10 PM

Wish we had such birds here in Sweden! Nice glance you got there.
A perfect composed bird portrait.

Registered on July 29, 2011, 21 Posts, 137 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on August 5, 2011 at 2:47 PM

Wonderful pose, look and perch from this parrot. You always seem to line up the best backgrounds to compliment your images. Excellent shot Rob, well seen and well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on August 5, 2011 at 5:02 PM

Sweet. Nice clean lines keeping this so simple.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Neal Cooper on August 7, 2011 at 7:21 AM

Lovely image Rob. A first for me. Nice and sharp and well exposed in the overcast conditions. The light spot above the parrot's head is a bit distracting and my only nit. Well done.

Registered on June 3, 2009, 144 Posts, 306 Comments